Performance management
Performance management consists of two parallel processes. The first is the informal, day-to-day management of individuals and teams by their immediate line manager. The second is the formal framework within which the performance of individuals and teams is assessed and improved.
‘Use the apprenticeship levy to improve management’ – Cary Cooper
Improving the UK’s poor management performance is the definitive way to fix the economy, says organisational psychologist Professor Sir Cary...
Top 10 HR questions February 2019: Redundancy, FTCs and maternity leave
When faced with the need to make redundancies, how should an employer decide which employees to select?
Redundancy exercises bring...
How to ensure your HR processes don’t overshadow purpose
Jobs-to-be-Done theory focuses on the end goal rather than the process of getting there. But too often, HR professionals get...
Why SMART objective setting is not working
Managers have been advised to use SMART objective-setting at work for years. Although it’s an oft-used acronym we’ve lost sight...
Teams of teams: a new era for performance management
Most organisations recognise that measuring performance is essential for making decisions around reward and staffing. But how can they use...
Performance management to fit the modern workplace: your questions answered
Following this month’s webinar on transforming your performance management, one of our speakers, Roly Walter, answers some questions from our...
Three-quarters don’t adjust performance management for staff with disabilities
Three-quarters of employers do not adapt their performance management systems for staff with disabilities or conditions such as dyslexia and...
Performance management to fit the modern workplace (webinar)
Wednesday 7 November 2018 | Many organisations are acutely aware that their current performance management process is not fit for purpose.
Getting the best out of a remote workforce
Remote working is commonplace, but how should employers manage performance? Shopify’s Colin Boyer talks to Roly Walter, founder of Appraisd,...
Top 10 HR questions September 2018 – probation dismissals and unavailable companions
Can you dismiss before a probationary period ends if they're not up to the job?
Gig professionals on the rise and HR likes it
Global research into the use of contingent workers – those professionals engaged in the so-called gig economy – shows that...
How to get line managers on board with feedback
Managers are so overwhelmed with demands that having regular feedback conversations with employees can be hard to fit in. Roly...
Improve wellbeing by becoming ‘conversationally intelligent’
Workplace conversations happen all the time of course, but “good” conversation – talking that makes change happen or calms conflict...
Development opportunities need manager buy-in to succeed
HR practices that aim to develop employees’ skills for current or future roles will only be successful with the support...
Why unbiased feedback is just an illusion
With pressure on HR and managers to reduce bias and increase objectivity and transparency, how achievable is this? Elva Ainsworth...
